Goyer Looking At "The Invisible Man"

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Writer/director David "Blade" Goyer will adapt a new version of author H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man", with pre-production to start in 2008.

"I just randomly had this idea for what would sort of be a direct sequel, which literally starts like a month after the original 'Invisible Man' in Victorian England", said Goyer.

"I just spent about four hours typing out this idea and I had no idea if there was any project. So I had my agent inquire if Universal Studios was doing anything with it and it turned out they've been trying to develop an 'Invisible Man' thing for the last 10 years. They're trying to redo some of their monster franchises like "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "Wolfman" and things like that...

"They just couldn't figure it out, and everyone said-without giving away the whole concept-'Wow, why didn't we think about that?' I went in and I pitched this whole thing to Universal and to Brian Grazer and they loved it..."